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Tianlu and Bixie
Tianlu(heavenly emolument)and Bixie(evil dispeller)are two Chinese mythological animals that herald in good fortune and keep evil at bay.Both look like a lion except for their wings--the one with only one horn on his head is tianlu and the one with...
Xiezhi a Mythological Animal
The Holy Way or the Ming Tombs of Beijing is franked with 12 stone men and 24 stone animals.Among them are four statues of xiezhi,an animal in Chinese mythology credited with the ability to distinguish between right and wrong,and between virtue and e...
Fu and Fu Upside Down
The Chinese characterfumeans good fortune and happiness,and during Spring Festival virtually every family would paste it upside down on their doors in the hope that the word could bring blessings to their families.As to whyfushould be placed upside d...
Gourd
Gourd is the fruit of a kind of liana.When fresh and tender,it could be eaten as ;when dried,it makes an ideal container of wter or wine.northern Chinese farmers have the habit of cutting a gourd in two to be used wine containers or ladles.Our ances...
Protective Chicken Talisman
In old days the Chinese had the habit of pasting or painting chicken talismans on the doors of their dwellings on the lunar new year's Day.This habit is still very much alive today in rural areas in Shaanxi Province in northwest China. An ancient Ch...
Spring Festival Couplets
By tradition the Chinese love to paste couplets on their gateposts or door panels when celebrating Spring Festival.The couplets are generally written on red paper and the sentences contain auspicious meanings.In the region south of the Yangtze River...
Big Mouthed Celestial Animal
Travellers to Yunnan and Sichuan in southwest China are impressed by the colourfully painted wood ladles in the shape of strange animal hanging on the front doors of the dwellings of local Miao,Yi and Han residents.The animal looks grotesque with a...
Hada
Hada,a long piece of silk used by the Tibetans and some Mongols as a gift when greeting people,worshipping celestial beings,and in daily person-to-person contacts. According to the book Tibetan Customs and Habits by the Tibetan scholar Chilai Qoizha...
Wind-Riding Streamers
Travellers to Tibet often espy strings of tiny flags hanging down from trees or the eaves of buildings,or fluttering on mountaintops.Made of paper or cloth and inscribed with religious incantations,they are known as prayers' streamersorwind and horse...
Dragon and Phoenix
The dragon and the phoenix are the principal motifs for decorative designs on the buildings,clothing and articles of daily use in the imperial palace.The throne hall is supported by columns entwined by gilded dragons,the central ramps on marble step...
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